Survey Data
Reg No
13401031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Technical
Previous Name
Kilshruley House
Original Use
Weir
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
224623, 280977
Date Recorded
15/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Stone weir on Camlin Rover, erected c. 1870, originally associated with millrace of former saw mill to the west and/or Kilshruley Manor to the east (both now demolished). Now out of use. Constructed of rubble stone with chamfered dressed ashlar limestone coping over, water cascade to the south side of weir. Sluice to the west end having rubble stone retaining walls and the remains of a timber sluice gate. Rubble stone pier adjacent to the east. Located to the west of site of Kilshruley Manor, and to the east of site of former saw mill. Former millrace to the north. Located to the west of Granard.
Appraisal
This simple but well-built industrial relic was originally associated with a former saw mill that lay to the east (now demolished). It was originally constructed to allow the control of water into the millrace to the north, thus providing a suitable head of water to power a water wheel(s) at the mill. The overflow to the south was used to carry water away from the sluice in times of flood. Although it has long ceased to function, the remains are technically important and are part of the industrial heritage of the local area. Sites such as this are particularly vulnerable to removal/destruction as their utilitarian nature makes them subject to extensive renovation or dismantling. There was formerly a mill pond to the east, now dry, which also appears to have functioned as a decorative landscape feature associated with Kilshruley House, now demolished.